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   complaisant

   /kəmˈpleɪznt/

   adjective

   • 1. willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest: "there are too many complaisant doctors signing sick notes"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: French, from complaire ‘acquiesce in order to please’, from Latin complacere ‘to please’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. complaisance noun
   • 2. complaisantly adverb

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   What is the difference between complaisant and complacent?

   • Don't confuse complaisant with its near-homonym complacent. Both derive from the Latin complacere "to please," but while complaisant means willing to do something to please another, complacent means smug and self-satisfied, something that you want to avoid when you're on the winning team. "Complaisant."

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   What does it mean if a person is complaisant?

   • If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining. The people in our village proved complaisant and cordial. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   Where did the word 'complaisant' originate?

   • The word 'complaisant' originated from the Latin complacēre, meaning “to please greatly”. This is its earliest sense, recorded in print from the middle of the 17th century.

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   What makes a person a complaisant person?

   • The complaisant person need not be lacking in will, in determination, or individuality. Aristocratic beauties with haughty glances, languid, flexible, slender, and complaisant, bent their heads as though there were royal protectors still in the market. She was very complaisant, bowing low to them, and they still lower to her.

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   Complaisant means willing to satisfy others by being polite and fitting in with their plans. See synonyms, usage examples and translations of complaisant in different languages.

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   Complaisant means having the desire or disposition to please or oblige, often passively or weakly. Learn the difference between complaisant and complacent, see synonyms and examples, and explore the word history and origin.

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   Complaisant means willing to do something to please others, and complaisant people or animals are wonderful to be around. Don't confuse complaisant with its near-homonym complacent.

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   Complaisant means willing to satisfy others by being polite and fitting in with their plans. Learn more about this formal adjective, its synonyms and how to use it in sentences from various sources.

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   Complaisant means willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining. It is an old-fashioned word that comes from French and Latin. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations and sentences with complaisant.

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   Complaisant means inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant. Learn the origin, usage and synonyms of this adjective from Dictionary.com.

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    Complaisant means showing a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging. Find out the origin, pronunciation, antonyms, and related words of complaisant in this comprehensive online dictionary.